Public Intimacy: A Biography of Anne Deveson

该项目旨在调查澳大利亚记者安妮·德韦森（1930 - 2016）的生活，利用基于历史研究的传记方法。它旨在了解Deveson的工作，经常借鉴她的经验，帮助改变公众对当时被视为“私人”问题的态度，包括虐待儿童和精神疾病。预期的成果包括第一本Deveson的传记和关于她的倡导改变了公众对二十世纪后期澳大利亚许多社会问题的态度的新知识。该项目将通过提供一个历史案例研究，说明公益新闻如何对公共卫生和社会凝聚力产生积极影响，从而使澳大利亚社区受益。

This project aims to investigate the life of Australian journalist Anne Deveson (1930 – 2016), utilizing a biographical approach based on historical research. It seeks to understand the ways that Deveson’s work, often drawing on her experiences, helped to change public attitudes towards issues then regarded as ‘private’, including child abuse and mental illness. Expected outcomes include the first biography of Deveson and new knowledge about the ways her advocacy changed public attitudes towards many social problems in late twentieth century Australia. The project will benefit the Australian community by providing an historical case study of the ways that public interest journalism can positively impact on public health and social cohesion.